Drum & Bass: Brand new Rene LaVice "The Calling"

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Rene LaVice debuted his latest single titled "The Calling" on UKF's Youtube channel this week and it sounds like another promising winner. Featuring the vocals of Ivy Mairi, "The Calling" shines once its pulsating drum & bass drop hits, creating that original sound that Rene LaVice can only produce, check it out: 

You can grab this record on March 1st via Ram Records. 

Listen to Darude's NYE live set from Utah

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The legendary Darude of "Sandstorm" fame was in Park City, Utah for New Year's Eve and he just put up an hour snippet of his live set on Soundcloud. Darude was recently in Canada for a 2 gig stop in Ottawa and usually makes a few stops in our great country a few times a year. This set is energetic with quite a few trance belters to keep you entertained, check it out: 

Tracklist: 

01. Scotty Boy & Revolvr - Oh Yeah [Panda Funk]
02. Randy Boyer - Brain Dysfunction (Original Mix) [EnMass Music]
03. VADA - Neon Lights (Kryder Remix) [Garuda]
04. Andain - Beautiful Things (Heikki L Unofficial Remix) [cdr / Black Hole]
05. Stoneface & Terminal - Caligula (Club Mix) [Euphonic]
06. Snap - Rhythm Is A Dancer 2014 (Anthem Kingz Bootleg) [cdr / Arista]
07. JS16 - Lights Go Wild [16 Inch]
08. Jonas Hornblad - A Major Thing (Boyan & Boyer Mix) [EnMass Music]
09. Stoneface & Terminal - Sonus (Album Extended) [Euphonic]
10. Michael Calfan - Prelude [Spinnin]
11. Juventa - SHWDWN (Original Mix) [cdr]
12. Audien vs. Beat Service - Wayfarer Whisper (Kenneth Thomas & Mark Keyo Mashup) V3 [cdr]
13. Darude & The Crowd - We Love Bassdrum [cdr]
14. Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 (Chris Schweizer Bootleg Mix) [cdr / Data Records]
15. Ferry Corsten - Festival Crash (Original Mix) [Flashover]
16. Donnell & Douglas - The Club Is Open (12th anniversary extended edition) [cdr / 16 Inch]
17. Lope & Kantola - Get It On + Shiny Disco Balls Bootleg [cdr / Subusa]
18. Super8 & Tab feat. Julie Thompson - No Frontiers (Jerome Ismae-Ae Remix) [Anjunabeats]

Twitch embraces music and you should too

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Today Twitch took important steps to embrace music that included the creation of a "Twitch Music Library" and the "beta Music category". The Twitch music library consists of tracks that are "pre-cleared for Twitch broadcaster to use live and with VODs". In other words, all Twitch video game streamers can now legally use this pre-cleared music in their broadcast while thousands of fans tune in. The "beta Music Category" will be listed among the game titles on Twitch and it is reserved for musicians to "use for creating, performing, and presenting original music". 

This library consists of more than 500 tracks that includes label support from the likes of Mad Decent, Dim Mak, Spinnin' Records, OWSLA, Monstercat, Fool's Gold, and more. The fact that many electronic dance music labels have already embraced this new medium is huge as Twitch broadcasters love to stream music over their game playing and will expose thousands of fans to this type of music. 

Monstercat, the Canadian label that is known for innovation, was the first out of the block to embrace Twitch as a major medium for distributing their music. They have an active stream in the "Music" category which is on 24 hours a day that garners anywhere between 700-3,000+ viewers at any given time. OWSLA recently streamed their Christmas party on Twitch while Deadmau5 has been seen streaming on the network a few times in late 2014. Even Steve Aoki had done some promo of his latest album on Twitch while playing Street Fighter for online fans. 

The opportunity for major labels and burgeoning music producers alike to start streaming on the service is absolutely huge. In 2013 Twitch brought in 45 million viewers with each user averaging 107 minutes of content viewed a day. I could only imagine that this number has risen higher in 2014.  

Seeing Twitch as a major new medium for music is still at its early stages, so if you are a label or music producer (established or not), then I highly suggest that you learn what OBS is and start making your Twitch plans this year. 

(VIA Twitch Blog, Lessthan3, onGamers.com)

Black Tiger Sex Machine ushers in 2015 with their "Funeral March" EP

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Canada's own Black Tiger Sex Machine have started off 2015 right as they release a brand new 3 track EP titled "Funeral March". The lead track is based off the classic Chopin piece but is revamped into a 140 BPM belter. Check it out: 

You can grab the "Funeral March" EP right now on iTunes. 

What to do this weekend (Jan 16th - 18th)

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